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發冷

简发冷 · 繁發冷

Mandarin · pinyin fā lěng

to feel a chill (as an emotional response)
to feel cold (as a clinical symptom)

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發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
冷: lěng · cold, cool; lonely
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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1–3 · fa1 leng3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

faat3 laang5

Cantonese word readings for 發冷. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(verb-object) to feel a chill; to feel cold
(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) to contract malaria
(dialectal Hakka) to go crazy

noun

(dialectal Hakka) fellow; guy; chap

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